Wrestling Scales... Why do I need NTEP? What is NTEP for Wrestling?Wrestling and NTEP Certs Explained...

NTEP is a certification that is often referred to as the cert that makes
a scale "Legal for trade". If you wanted to sell fruit by the pound, or
frozen yogurt by the ounce, the scale that weighs the goods for that
transaction to be valid needs to be NTEP certified... so, why do
wrestlers care? We aren't going to start charging student athletes based
on what they weigh!? Right? Right.

The wrestling community has taken the NTEP certification as their "stamp
of approval". A scale has to pass through rigorous and strict testing
to become NTEP certified, so the wrestling community has wisely taken
those standards and made the cert their way to know that the scales
being used for weigh-ins throughout the USA are reliable, accurate, and
valid. If the US government thinks these scales is of a high enough
caliber for trade to be conducted based on the reading... then we know
it will be good enough for a weigh-in requirement (NTEP certs are either
suggested, or required depending on the league, district, tournament,
etc).